Wow, the weather this morning in the capitol city was incredible! Six BMCNO members showed up at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant before 7:00 in 4 LBC, and enjoyed brisk conversation with good friends. We learned about Rick’s Jaguar flywheel / starter replacement, car trailer incidents, and how much the new Jaguar 6-cylinder blocks cost – $18,000! Since Danny wasn’t there no mention of movies or TV shows were made. …
September 9, 2020, Café American, Baton Rouge
We had 10 members attend our September meeting last night at Cafe’ American in the big room, so we were able to spread out some.
We talked about the upcoming Natchez British Car Show, Cruisin’ the Coast, The Euro Fest in MS, and Fairhope.
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It was a pretty nice trip to Cracker Barrel on Saturday, August 22, 2020. We finally got 2 attentive waitresses. Between us and the Hot Rod guys, we had 19 total at 3 long tables. There were 7 of us at the British table and Rick Huber’s Lotus was getting a lot of attention out in the parking lot – because he was running it without a hood. Real hot rod stuff! Nice to be able to kinda see the cars from where we sit.
Today’s crew included Jerry, Randy, Danny, Rob, John Pearson, Rick and myself.
Danny tried to get a taste of Randy’s blueberry pancakes with a Harbor Freight telescoping fork… and Tiffany got my order wrong. (second time this happened) I wanted the country ham & biscuit like last week, which I think is around $4. Plus fried apples and tea… She brought me 2 huge slices of ham, and when I said I wanted the ham & biscuit she said “Oh, biscuits are on the table!” AHHH!
The ham alone was over $7.00! Danny (aka Colonel Mustard) says you have to open the menu and Point at what you want. Lesson learned.
Cruise Safe and good luck with the hurricanes,
Roving Reporter
Bobby Spann
Dear Roving Reporter, 
The vintage telescoping fork demonstrated at the Cracker Barrel is definitely NOT a Harbor Freight item. It happens to be a slightly modified Triumph Fork, similar to the one that recently sold for $320.00 USD at Sotheby’s Auction House…
Best Regards,
Colonel Mustard
And if you believe that one, there is this bridge for sale!!!
What a great morning in the Central / Baton Rouge area!
At 8:00 a.m., me-MGB, Milton-TR4, Jerry-Mustang, Randy-Mini Panel and Danny-TR6 (plus Danny B in a vintage Ford XL pickup) showed up at MePa’s in Central, but they were closed due to air conditioning problems. So we quickly decided to cruise over to the Warehouse on South Choctaw in Baton Rouge. Milton pulled up smoking and Danny diagnosed it as his left front brake caliper locking up. He said he’d gingerly drive home using the hand brake…
Not too crowded at the Warehouse and we got the big table in the main room. Good food and perky waitresses too! Had a nice discussion on LBC’s, Milton’s 10 Minute Vacation Location, camper trailers, and NASCAR & “flags of the South.” And we hit on subjects like why Carol is selling her Jaguar…
If you live in the area – come on out one Saturday morning! If you show up and nobody is there – give me a call on my cell at 975-1928. If you live in the Gonzales area I believe there is a car group that meets at Frank’s on Airline…
Afterward I told the group about my problem – couldn’t get my center cap off the steering wheel. Well, just so happens Danny is ‘the Norwegian Thumb Wrestling Champion’ and in short order he got it off! FYI for all you 1970 MGB owners – on the early cars at least – this is how the button looks. Hopefully the bitchin’ wooden wheel Rob gave me will go on without any problems.
NOTE:
Next Saturday Fr. Ralph Howe of St. James Episcopal Church downtown is retiring and there will be a little parade for him at 10:00 down 4th street. Since I am a 3rd generation at St. James, I plan on being there – might be fun to cruise over after breakfast in our Little British Cars and show off! I’ll send more details later in the week.
Cruise safe,
Roving Reporter
Bobby Spann
